Fen Furnishingsproduces brass handles for the furniture industry in a four-stage process–Mixing,Moulding, Polishingand Packaging. Costs incurred in thePolishingDepartment during January are summarized as follows:   January 1 Bal.Transfer from Moulding 20000 units       $1,310,000 Direct Materials Added                                                  $391,600 Direct Labour                                                                  $ 638,000 Manufacturing Overhead                                               $307,400   Normal losses are estimated to be 2½% of input during theperiod. Inspection takes place duringthe processing operation, at which point damagedhandles are separated from good handles and sold as scrapto local furniture manufacturers at $85each. At inspection, 2,000 handleswere rejected as scrap. These units had reached the following degree of completion: Transfer from Moulding     100% Direct material added         40% Conversion costs                 20%   Work-in-progress at the end of January was 4,000 handles and had reached the following degree of completion: Transferfrom Moulding           100% Direct material added             80% Conversion costs                     50% Direct materials added and conversion costs are incurred uniformlythroughout the process.   Required: (A) Compute the equivalent units and cost per equivalent units for direct materials(From Moulding& Direct materials added)and conversion costs. (B)Compute the: cost of the unexpected losses total cost of the handles completed and transferred out of the Packaging Department cost of ending work in process inventory in thePolishing Department (C)Completethe Work in Process Inventory –Polishing ProcessT-account, clearly showingthe ending balance.

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Fen Furnishingsproduces brass handles for the furniture industry in a four-stage process–Mixing,Moulding, Polishingand Packaging. Costs incurred in thePolishingDepartment during January are summarized as follows:

 

January 1 Bal.Transfer from Moulding 20000 units       $1,310,000

Direct Materials Added                                                  $391,600

Direct Labour                                                                  $ 638,000

Manufacturing Overhead                                               $307,400

 

Normal losses are estimated to be 2½% of input during theperiod. Inspection takes place duringthe processing operation, at which point damagedhandles are separated from good handles and sold as scrapto local furniture manufacturers at $85each.

At inspection, 2,000 handleswere rejected as scrap. These units had reached the following degree of completion:

Transfer from Moulding     100%

Direct material added         40%

Conversion costs                 20%

 

Work-in-progress at the end of January was 4,000 handles and had reached the following degree of completion:

Transferfrom Moulding           100%

Direct material added             80%

Conversion costs                     50%

Direct materials added and conversion costs are incurred uniformlythroughout the process.

 

Required:

(A) Compute the equivalent units and cost per equivalent units for direct materials(From Moulding& Direct materials added)and conversion costs.

(B)Compute the:

  • cost of the unexpected losses
  • total cost of the handles completed and transferred out of the Packaging Department
  • cost of ending work in process inventory in thePolishing Department

(C)Completethe Work in Process Inventory –Polishing ProcessT-account, clearly showingthe ending balance.

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